Engineering 4 Kids (e4k) - a kid-friendly exploration of everything engineering as a collection of stories about people, places and things, design challenges, projects, games - all yours to discover
Most teachers have little or no background in Engineering, no time and no support so the E in STeM is “silent”. We are here to help. We are building a collection of stories, resources and activities for kids to discover Engineering on their own.
Stories - some examples of the broad range of topics included
introduction - keywords, definitions, links to more comprehensive content, picture, illustration, people
What's the problem? - engineering design process - prompts and questions, facts and questions - Statue of Liberty Ask (What? Ask questions, understand the need, identify the problem, define) * Imagine (So what? Imagine, brainstorm, explore, discover) * Plan (Now what? Plan, design) * Create (Do it. Create, try it out) * Improve (If this then what? Improve, make it better)
Do it - activities that kids can do on their own, online games, simulations, hands-on with no / minimum supervision
News, updates, Learn more... - more links to related online resources, additions to basic content
..r0 work in progress - outline and some information, but needs work - Computer Aided Engineering, Nuclear, Pacemaker - fine as placeholder - may actually be enough information, even if not complete
tags - categories, number per story
Who...
advisory board - kids - what works, what's missing - story format, sections, content areas, navigation, classification
ideas for e4k stories - suggest basis for additional stories, this list is updated periodically
Wikipedia for Schools - selection of articles from Wikipedia used by school children around the world. 6000 articles, 26 million words and 50,000 images
About e4k
work in progress, always CBB (could be better)
doing, thinking, asking - engineering, applied math and science
kid-friendly sources, open, ever-green, updates, mostly links to other sources with summary, description
Creative Commons - BY-SA-NC - Attribution, Share-Alike, Non-Commercial - all e4k, most (but not all) sources, too
contributors - kids, engineers, educators, parents, global community
engineering4kids.org - domain name, blog
Collection - stories, wiki, web service WikiSpaces
Audience : Middle school, self-directed
Stories - some examples of the broad range of topics included
Feedback, suggestions on...
Ask (What? Ask questions, understand the need, identify the problem, define) * Imagine (So what? Imagine, brainstorm, explore, discover) * Plan (Now what? Plan, design) * Create (Do it. Create, try it out) * Improve (If this then what? Improve, make it better)
Who...
Resources - sources of content for additional stories
About e4k